Large Print Book Discussion Kits Genre List Available at KDLA Updated 8/23/21

Biography/Memoirs New titles are highlighted in yellow.  A Big Little Life: a Memoir of a Joyful Dog by Dean Koontz  Big Russ and Me by Tim Russert  The Bourbon King by Bob Batchelor  The Coalwood Way by Homer Hickam  Defending Baltimore against Enemy Attack by Charles Osgood  Dewey: the Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron; with Bret Witter  Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert  Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism by Bob Edwards  The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe  First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas  The Girls from Ames: a Story of Women and a Forty-year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow  The Good Neighbor: the Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King  Have a Little Faith: a True Story by Mitch Albom  Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterley  High Society: the Life of Grace Kelly by Donald Spoto  Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers  Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot  John Adams by David McCullough  Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-granddaughter by Sidney Poitier  Life in Letters: Ann Landers’ Letters to Her Only Child by Margo Howard  Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish  Making Toast: a Family Story by Roger Rosenblatt  My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business: a Memoir by Dick Van Dyke  Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman  Prairie Fires: the American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser  The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family by Mike Leonard  The Soul of a Butterfly by Muhammad Ali with Hana Yasmeen Ali  The Story of My Life by Helen Keller  This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett  Thunder Dog: the True Story of a Blind Man, his Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero by Michael Hingson  Traveling With Pomegranates: a Mother-daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor  Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom  Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand  The Undertaker’s Daughter by Katherine Mayfield  The Zookeeper's Wife Diane Ackerman

Christian Fiction

 Angel Sister by Ann H. Gabhart  An Appalachian Summer by Ann H. Gabhart  The Believer by Ann H. Gabhart  Belle by Sarah Price  The Betrayal by Beverly Lewis  Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers  A Case of Bad Taste: a Morning Shade Mystery by Lori Copeland  Chance by Karen Kingsbury  Even Now by Karen Kingsbury  The Fifth Avenue Story Society by Rachel Hauck  Fireproof by Eric Wilson; screenplay by Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick  Hidden Places by Lynn Austin  The Hideaway by Lauren K. Denton  A Lady of Hidden Intent by Tracie Peterson  The Librarian of Boone's Hollow by Kim Vogel Sawyer  Moonlight on the Millpond by Lori Wick  The Moonlight School by Suzanne Fisher Woods  One More Sunrise by Michael Landon Jr. and Tracie Peterson  The Outsider by Ann H. Gabhart  The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland  The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel  The Seeker by Ann H. Gabhart  The Shack: a novel by William P. Young  Under the Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns Clark  A Woman’s Place by Lynn Austin  Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin  The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson

Christmas

 1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber  Amish Christmas by Cynthia Keller  Andy Catlett: Early Travels by Wendell Berry  Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews  The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury  Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr  Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber  Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber  Christmas Bells by Jennifer Chiaverini  The Christmas Boutique by Jennifer Chiaverini  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens  Christmas Escape by Anne Perry  A Christmas Haven by Cindy Woodsmall  Christmas in Winter Hill by Melody Carlson  Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carlson  Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber  Christmas List by R. P. Evans  Christmas Promise by Donna Vanliere  A Christmas Secret by Anne Perry  Christmas Secret by Donna Vanliere  Christmas Shoes by Donna Vanliere  Christmas Train by David Baldacci  Christmas Wedding by James Patterson  Coalwood Way by Homer Hickam  Dearest Dorothy, Merry Everything! by Charlene Ann Baumbich  Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans  The Gift by Cecelia Ahern  The Gift by Richard Paul Evans  Grace by Richard Paul Evans  Home in Time For Christmas by Heather Graham  How the Finch Stole Christmas by Donna Andrews  Lakeshore Christmas by Susan Wiggs  Last Noel by Heather Graham  Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans  Mr. Miracle by Debbie Macomber  A Mrs. Miracle Christmas by Debbie Macomber  The Noel Stranger by Richard Paul Evans  Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber  Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg  Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon  Skipping Christmas by John Grisham  Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall  Starry Night by Debbie Macomber  Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Classics

 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton  Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery  Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath  Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger  Emma by Jane Austen  Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton  Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley  Good Earth by Pearl Buck  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte  The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett  My Antonia by Willa Cather  The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne  The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy  Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee  Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith  Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

General Fiction

 American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins  Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson  Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig  Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue  Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson  Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah  The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate  The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood  The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier  The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe  Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg  The Choice by Nicholas Sparks  The Coal Tattoo by Silas House  Commonwealth by Ann Patchett  The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder: a novel by Rebecca Wells  Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon  Dear Ann by Bobbie Ann Mason  Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano  The Diary by Eileen Goudge  Digging to America by Anne Tyler  The Edge of Winter by Luanne Rice  Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks  Every Last One: a Novel by Anna Quindlen  Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky  The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom  Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom  The Flight of Gemma Hardy: a Novel by Margot Livesey  For One More Day by Mitch Albom  Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen  The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen  A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler  A Grown-up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson  The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A. J. Jacobs  Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult  The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss  The Hideaway by Lauren K. Denton  Home Front by Kristin Hannah  House Rules by Jodi Picoult  I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg  The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand  In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume  Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister  The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood  The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks  Life of Pi by Yann Martel  Light on Snow by Anita Shreve  Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman  A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman  Me Before You by Jojo Moyes  Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards  Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy  Miss Julia Stands Her Ground by Ann B. Ross  The Moonshiner’s Daughter by Donna Everhart  My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell  My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout  The New Year’s Quilt: an Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini  The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern  The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich  Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult  Noah's Compass: a Novel by Anne Tyler  Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons  One Summer by David Baldacci  The Paris Wife by Paula McLain  The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen  Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver  The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald  The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman  The Return by Nicholas Sparks  The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton  Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks  Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman  Second Glance by Jodi Picoult  The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky  The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd  The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry  Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin  The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides  Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones  The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls  The Sisters of Glass Ferry by Kim Michele Richardson  Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult  South of Broad: a novel by Pat Conroy  Southernmost by Silas House  A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult  Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg  State of Wonder by Ann Patchett  Still Alice by Lisa Genova  The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin  The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar  Telling the Bees by Peggy Hesketh  The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield  Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber  Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks  Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver  The Walk by Richard Paul Evans  Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen  The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown  Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens  The Whole Town’s Talking by Fannie Flagg  The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg  The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg  Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

Historical Fiction

 Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin  All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve  The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin  At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier  Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate  Beloved by Toni Morrison  The Black Tower by Louis Bayard  The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant  Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler  Cane River by Lalita Tademy  Circling the Sun by Paul McLain  The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz  The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman  The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott  The Dutch House by Ann Patchett  Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts  A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles  Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier  Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee  The Gown by Jennifer Robson  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows  Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls  The Healing by Jonathan Odell  The Help by Kathryn Stockett  The Heretic's Daughter: a novel by Kathleen Kent  Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford  The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd  Kiss Carlo by Adriana Trigiani  The Lacuna: a Novel by Barbara Kingsolver  The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner  Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick  The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis  The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff  The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James  Mudbound by Hillary Jordan  My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira  The Night Train by Clyde Edgerton  Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik  Once a Midwife by Patricia Harman  Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline  Parchment of Leaves by Silas House  Peony in Love by Lisa See  The Postmistress by Sarah Blake  The Reluctant Midwife by Patricia Harman  Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier  Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay  The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry  Serena by Ron Rash  The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey  Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall  Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas  The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris  Tony’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani  Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead  Unholy Fire: A Novel of the Civil War by Robert J. Mrazek  Varina by Charles Frazier

Kentucky Authors/About Kentucky

 All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger

 Andy Catlett: Early Travels by Wendell Berry  Angel Sister by Ann H. Gabhart  An Appalachian Summer by Ann H. Gabhart  Bait by Karen Robards  The Believer by Ann H. Gabhart  The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richards  The Coal Tattoo by Silas House  Dear Ann by Bobbie Ann Mason  Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism by Bob Edwards  The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes  Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers  Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance  The Lacuna: a Novel by Barbara Kingsolver  The Librarian of Boone's Hollow by Kim Vogel Sawyer  Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman  The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards  The Moonlight School by Suzanne Fisher Woods  The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones  Obsession by Karen Robards  The Outsider by Ann H. Gabhart  Parchment of Leaves by Silas House  Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver  Raylan by Elmore Leonard  Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman  The Seeker by Ann H. Gabhart  The Sisters of Glass Ferry by Kim Michele Richardson  Southernmost by Silas House  The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey by Muhammad Ali with Hana Yasmeen Ali  Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall  T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton  The Undertaker’s Daughter by Katherine Mayfield  Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver  X by Sue Grafton  The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson

Mystery/Suspense

 1222 by Anne Holt  An American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear  Angelology by Danielle Trussoni  An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen  Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano  Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs  Before I Go to Sleep: a Novel by S. J. Watson  Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain  Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty  The Black Tower by Louis Bayard  Burglar on the Prowl by Lawrence Block  Camino Island by John Grisham  The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lilian Jackson Braun  The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke  Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement  Dead Heat by Dick Francis and Felix Francis  Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James  Death of a Dreamer by M. C. Beaton  Deep Storm by Lincoln Child  The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman  Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng  The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell  The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins  Guilt by Association: a Novel by Marcia Clark  Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters  The House of Silk: a Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz  House Rules by Jodi Picoult  In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie  The Keepsake: a novel by Tess Gerritsen  Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline  The Last Juror by John Grisham  Last to Die by James Grippando  Life Sentences by Laura Lippman  The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian  London Bridges by James Patterson  Long Gone: a Novel by Alafair Burke  Lost Light by Michael Connelly  The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie  Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie  The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones  Nighttime Is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark  Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult  The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith  One for the Money by Janet Evanovich  The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl  Raylan by Elmore Leonard  The Reckoning by John Grisham  Save Me by Lisa Scottoline  The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard  Secrets of Eden: a Novel by Chris Bohjalian  The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott  Serena by Ron Rash  The Serpent's Trail by Sue Henry  The Sign of the Book by John Dunning  Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman  Sister by Rosamund Lupton  A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult  Started Early, Took My Dog: a Novel by Kate Atkinson  Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley  Still Life: a novel by Joy Fielding  The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley  T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton  Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas  The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney  Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C.J. Box  Tool & Die by Sarah Graves  Unholy Fire: A Novel of the Civil War by Robert J. Mrazek  The Water’s Lovely by Ruth Rendell  Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark  The Witch Elm by Tana French  Winter’s Child by Margaret Maron  X by Sue Grafton

Non-Fiction

• The Floor of Heaven: a True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush by Howard Blum

 Funny Cide: How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Sheiks and Blue Bloods--and Won by Sally Jenkins  The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw  In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson  Innocent Man by John Grisham  Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI by David Grann  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt  Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand  Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

Romance

 Bait by Karen Robards  Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts  Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr  Home in Time for Christmas by Heather Graham  Lakeshore Christmas by Susan Wiggs  Mr. Miracle by Debbie Macomber  Obsession by Karen Robards  The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber  Starry Night: a Christmas Novel by Debbie Macomber  1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber

Sci Fi/Fantasy

 Angelology by Danielle Trussoni  The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier  Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia  The Midnight Library by Matt Haig  The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey  Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West : a novel by Gregory Maguire ; illustrations by Douglas Smith

Softer Selections

 Andy Catlett: Early Travels by Wendell Berry  Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery  The Believer by Ann H. Gabhart  The Betrayal by Beverly Lewis  A Big Little Life: a Memoir of a Joyful Dog by Dean Koontz  Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg  A Case of Bad Taste: a Morning Shade Mystery by Lori Copeland  The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lilian Jackson Braun  Dear John by Nicholas Sparks  Death of a Dreamer: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery by M. C. Beaton  Dewey: the Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron; with Bret Witter  Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom  For One More Day by Mitch Albom  Grace by Richard Paul Evans  Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters  Hidden Places by Lynn Austin  Home to Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani  The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood  A Lady of Hidden Intent by Tracie Peterson  Miss Julia Stands Her Ground by Ann B. Ross  Moonlight on the Millpond by Lori Wick  The New Year’s Quilt: an Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini  The Outsider by Ann H. Gabhart  The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland  The Serpent's Trail by Sue Henry  Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg  Tool & Die by Sarah Graves  Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber  A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks  The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson

Westerns

 The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss  The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland